Understanding women, gender, and crime: Some historical and international developments

Routledge International Handbook of Crime and Gender Studies

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 9-35

  Flavin, Jeanne ^a   Artz, Lillian ^b  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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EID: 84909305577     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203832516     Document Type: Chapter

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